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llave

him lic

in as prone

ponure

can,

that "the

f"liva may be e",lCuJled mJre o. fily, aÍld

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f.1I io,o his

Hom>eh.

lhe

weak or

nióh~

(ritiion he allows from ene to

l \t"O

Qunees of lhe

ointmcl.t.

The lirll

[riélion is to be

ooly

011

l he

ft!~t

;

lhe

fecond

on lhe

legs

the third on lhe knees;

l he founh on th e thighs ; ,he fi(th on the buuoeks and

perinxum; lhe fix th on lhe

loios ;

lhe feventh on lhe

'back and between

lhe

fhou!ders; lhe eighth and ninlh,

there is occafion. from

lhe

arms

tO lhe

wriCb . T here

O1:\y

Ihree,

four, fi\'e, or

en~n

(ix or fe\'en days be·

{\Veco eaeh (riétion, ¡flbe patient is very weíi k: BUl lhe

rule ¡s, to look ¡mo che patien t's

Olouth

befare a new

frittio!1 ,

that

you may

be.

cen ain nOl

to bring

tOO

plentiful a Cali vation . T ite:: dofe of lhe ointment mun be

managed, that. after the Counh or fifth fr¡étion. a fa–

liv,uion m::ty come -

that is gentle. eaCy, governablc.

without • fwelliog of the head; with only a few aphth",

in the mOUlh. or at motl: a [tWCuperficial ulccrs , and rhe

patient # t (pitting above a pint or tWO in lWent y-Cour

hours : and to

tI\lS

poinl it mufl be kept up" with a new

friétion, if there be oeeafioo . Likewife i, may be kep'

uoder wi,h cly(lers aod pleRti ful drioking of ,he ptifao ;

and , iCnecelTuy, with lenitive pnrges_ T his treatment

may be continued,

pro re na/a,

from 30 to 50 days. or

10nger.

T ill the faJi,'ation comes on, the

p~tjcnt m~ y

be in·

dulged in wcak foups, rice, cream, panadJ's

él".

and

e"eo milk for breakfan; but after that ,hey mu(l be lef,

off; aod he

mu~

drink a lar!:e guantity of ptifan ' o dilu'e

, he blond . He m.y fi, up all day, if his room be ",arm .

If, a(ter a duc repctition of mercurial friétioos, a fali ·

vation does not appear, ir

gel1er~lIy

happens [har a loofe–

ncfs, a fl ux

urine. copious Cweats, or at leaft a pleo–

,iful tranfpira,ioo, will fUi'ply tha, defeét, and ferve io i,s

n ead. l a ,his cafe, ,he pa,ieO! may ,hiok himfelf ex·

c!eding happy and

fortuna

te,

that he has obtaioed a com–

plete cure bya met hod more cen aío and convenient than

by (..liv3tioo, and without its incommodities and dangers.

The fecood method of euring the pox is by a guiekfilver

pil!. This \Vas brough, ioto reputa,ioo by Bello(le; and

though he has kcpr rhe compofi tion a fecret, ye.l tllere is

no reafon

doubt but it is quickfilver

~ixed

Wi lh a ccr–

tain proportion

a cíllhanic_

T he lhiro mcthod of curing lhe pox is

mercurial

-[r¡ét:ioos, which De Salt gives as follo\Vs

vV hrn the patieots have a pOX of a long continuance,

and the venereal poifoo is difperfed aU over the body,

, h. y fllOUld be prepared by bathiog and drioking whey.

ilul in a rccent pox lhe bath is nOl necelTary, or at lea(t

oeed no' be ufed loog, bcx:aufe the blood is fuflieieotly

dilu,ed .

After

t hi~1

innead of raifi ng a fali\'ation, bri ng on a

flux of the belly; the whole fecret of whieh coofins io

keepiog the boc\y opeo by cly(lers of a deeoétioo of feooa

and lhe pulp of caffia, before the fria.ions are adminifler–

ed; hy whirh the io..!lina l glands beiog opeoed, the

mercllly will mOre readlly tend that

\Var.

,~Then

lhe

Joofenefs docs not

anfwN

the umuer

the friélions,

nor the <¡ui\ntity of lhe me!cu ry made ufe df, pur$te lhe

p atieo< wi,h powder cf jalar, aod proetl re copious (lools,

whieh fecure ,he mooth. " 'hile ,he loofenof, is goir.g

on, the fr¡elioo does lhe offi ce of a rurge; and in propor·

tion as they are repeated. the flux of the r.>t:lly r<-vlves;

and wh!'o it lbckt ns or {fops

h~\'c

recourfe lOlhe

c1y~

(lcrs aod puegos of jalap. P urfue thi. m<t hod till the

fymptOm~

ceafe, and'tdJ, by the

abundj\n~~

of lhe evacu–

attons _the "enereal poiíon

enrirdy drailleJ

Gff.

The laU methou is fwc-lting with nrong

~t c-oéli(Jns

guaiacum . T his \Ve h,n .! lhe flr!t account of from

Srr

Ulriek H unon, who purfued i, hi"úelL A pound of

guaiacum ís lOhe boiled in a gallon of fprinci -Water to

one halC, and tlle fcum refervcd lO anoint the rores, anJ

a fccondary decoélion was to be ufed fo r common drink.

But, when faliva:ions and olher mercurial courfes hay\!

failed, , he belt me,hod of <u re is by the roo, of farr.!.

parilla; which difcovery we owe to Dr Hunter, who put

Mr Fordyce, a furgeon in ihe army, upon making a

tri.tI

it ;

the refult of whofe experience is as CoIlows.

1 _

will commonly rclie,'c venercal head-achs and

noélurn ...1pains in a ,'ery Olon time ; and,

perfill:cd

In,

he believes it will always cu re.

2 _

In emaciated and confumpti\'e habits, Crom a

vene~

real caufe. it is lhe grcateU re(}orer

the appedle,

Belh ,

colour. llrength, and vigour, that he knows.

3 When lhe throat, flofc, palate, ortKe rpungy bones

in general, are aJFeéted with a llough or caries, it wilI

cOn1r::1only complete the cure. ifperfevered in Jongenough,

provided a mercmial courfe by uoétioo has preceded ,he

ufe of the f..rfapari lla.

4, -W heo ,he body i. covered wi,h dry blo,ehes or

moia

fores from a venereal caufe, it will greatly promote

the cure, nay often complete it; bOl, without the

affifl~

aoee of mereury. there will be daoger of a relapfe.

5. lo fimpl e chaoeres i, will do liule ferviee ; but, if

it is given in cafes where the

chancr~s

or buboes \ViII not

heal or diífolve after ,he ufe of the mercurial uoétioo, i,

will often cure, and do al ways manifetl fervice.

\ViII ofteo aofwer, and tha, fp·,edily, wi,hout

fweating, conflnemeñt, or any

(l ria

regimen, at all

fea~

fans of the year, when mercurial und ions and long con–

tinued courfes of flrong decoétions of guaiacum, either

by·i,felffimply. or eompouoded wi,h a rmall proponioa of

farfaparilla, have failed .

feems probable, ,hat farfaparilla roo' is the ooly

medicine

be depended upon in venereal cafes where

mer~

eury has failed, or a, lea(l has preceded the ufe of ,he de–

coéHon; for it is not

be truHed alone. ,"Vhen

mer–

cure has been gi\'cn, il and this decoétion may be ;;¡dm:–

niflred togelher, and lhen there

wil!

be no room tO doubt

of fueeefs.

8 .

~jlercury

alone will cure mofi venereal complaints,

aod farfaparilla will perhaps always cure them ",hen they

refitl lhe powerof mercury

and 'herefore a proper com–

bioa,ioo of mereury aod r. rfap rilla will probably cure e–

very cafe that is truly venerea!.

The method

ufing ir is "{his ;

three ounces

l:le

farraplfilla roc" whieh has

00'

beeo rpoiled \Vit" '-ge.

worms, fea ..water, or moiílure, add three quarts of

ri \'cr~

water, and make it boil as fpeeddy as poflible, in an o·

pen vdfe:J, till lWO pints of the J1raine.:i liquo r remaio,

that is, a!::o\lt two pounds avoirdupoife wei3ht; a lillle

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